Question

Is there a difference between a plant flowering and showing its sex? Or is the process the same? Im tryimg to get a time of when my outdoor started flowering.

Somewhere between Aug.7 and Aug 14. Is the time ive gotten it down to. First pic is the 7th second is a week later.

Outdoors I would say there is a difference. I can normally sex my outdoor plants a week before they fill in with white hairs.
I culled the males and confirmed females first week of August. I am really not concerned with counting weeks, but I would say my flowering started a week after I confirmed sex.
Outdoor grows really don't apply the counting of weeks to get to harvest. Too many variables, and 12/12 doesn't apply. It's a gradual transition from sexting to the stretch phase to flowering to actual buds. What might take 8 weeks indoors might take 10 or more outdoors.

BrewersToker said:

Outdoors I would say there is a difference. I can normally sex my outdoor plants a week before they fill in with white hairs.
I culled the males and confirmed females first week of August. I am really not concerned with counting weeks, but I would say my flowering started a week after I confirmed sex.
Outdoor grows really don't apply the counting of weeks to get to harvest. Too many variables, and 12/12 doesn't apply. It's a gradual transition from sexting to the stretch phase to flowering to actual buds. What might take 8 weeks indoors might take 10 or more outdoors.

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Thanks i wasn't sure if mattered im trying to keep track tho so maybe i can start earlier next season

I just checked my grow notes from last year. The first pistils I saw were on Aug 2. It was another 3 weeks before flowers started bursting. It rained a lot, so stretch was extended a few days.

I harvested on October 17.

Maybe I could have harvested a week earlier. I would rather be on the late side.

This was end of August last year.

This was a few days before harvest. October 15.

Be Patient. Nature takes it time.

BrewersToker said:

This was end of August last year.
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This was a few days before harvest. October 15.
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Be Patient. Nature takes it time.

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This is now

Cannichef_rodri said:

Thanks i wasn't sure if mattered im trying to keep track tho so maybe i can start earlier next season

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Starting with clones of a mature plant helps speed up the flip
But with photo period plants starting early is futile unless you do the whole light depravation thing

Herb & Suds said:

Starting with clones of a mature plant helps speed up the flip
But with photo period plants starting early is futile unless you do the whole light depravation thing

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I took one cutting of her ima try to veg till spring then move outside

Cannichef_rodri said:

I took one cutting of her ima try to veg till spring then move outside

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make sure you harden the plant off during the transition outdoors..

onionslinger said:

make sure you harden the plant off during the transition outdoors..

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Explain more please?

i consider myself a beginner to novice where plants are concerned, but i do know that they can be sensitive to their environments. plants like consistency.. like not too hot, not too cold, just right.

when you switch environments it's good to make a transition period. taking a plant from even a semi-controlled inside environment and throwing them into an outside, not so friendly environment with excessive heat, extreme winds, insects and so forth can shock the plant. in order to lessen the shock its good to introduce the plant slowly.. such as leaving it outside in shade for a couple days before putting directly into a hot sun. if the wind is too strong or if its going to pour rain at first put plant back inside until the conditions are better. those sorts of things, but that's the general idea. you dont want to beat the plant up too much too fast..

i usually shoot for a week of hardening and just watch how the plants respond.